This event will take place online, via Google Meet.
Join us for a virtual Author Talk with Patricia Dunn, author of the novel Last Stop on the 6 , as she discusses her new novel that takes place in our very own Pelham Bay neighborhood.
Last Stop on the 6' is the return of the prodigal daughter to a world of long-buried hurts, political complexities, and female resilience. Dunn introduces characters of all possessing questions for which there are no easy answers - only the slow and steady re-awakenings of familial bonds and moral responsibility.
Registrants who attend the program will also be entered in a free book giveaway contest and the winner will receive a free signed copy of the book!
Patricia Dunn is the author of the young adult novel Rebels by Accident (Sourcebooks Fire). Her writing has appeared on Salon, in The Village Voice, The Nation, LA Weekly, The Christian Science Monitor; in the anthology Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women (Soft Skull); and elsewhere.
Patricia has been Senior Director of the Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College, and is co-founder of The Joe Papaleo Writers Workshop in Cetera, Italy. This Italian-American, Bronx-raised, rebel has traveled the world. These days, she can be found on her living room couch working on her next novel, or zooming with aspiring and established writers, of course, always in a suit and tie. Last Stop on the 6, her first novel for adults, is forthcoming with Bordighera Press, Fall 2021. Patricia holds an MFA in creative writing from Sarah Lawrence College.
You must register with your email address in order to receive the link to participate. The link will be sent to you approximately one day before the event. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet connection to join via Google Meet.
https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2021/02/04/author-talk-patricia-dunn